Electrical connector

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR CONNECTING A CONDUCTOR TO A SINGLE SPADE-TYPE CONTACT ELEMENT OF PREDETERMINED LENGTH, SAID CONTACT ELEMENT HAVING TWO MAJOR AND MINOR CONTACTING SURFACES ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF, COMPRISING: A BASE MEMBER; A PAIR OF OPPOSED SIDE MEMBERS EXTENDING FROM SAID BASE MEMBER, SAID SIDE MEMBERS (A) HAVING A LONGITUDINAL DIMENSION LESS THAN HALF OF SAID PREDETERMINED LENGTH OF SAID CONTACT ELEMENT, WHEREBY SAID CONTACT ELEMENT CAN EXTEND THROUGH SAID CONNECTOR AND PROTRUDE THEREFROM OVER MORE THAN ONE-HALF OF ITS LENGTH, AND (B) BEING NORMALLY SEPARATED A DISTANCE LESS THAN THE WIDTH OF SAID SPADE-TYPE CONTACT ELEMENT SO AS TO CLASP SAID SPADE-TYPE CONTACT ELEMENT ALONG THE MINOR CONTACTING SURFACES THEREOF BY THE RESILIENT SPRING FORCE OF SAID SIDE MEMBERS; A PAIR OF GUIDE LANCES PROJECTING ANGULARLY FROM SAID SIDE MEMBERS TOWARD EACH OTHER AND AWAY FROM SAID BASE MEMBER TO PREVENT SAID CONTACT ELEMENT FROM TRAVELING TOWARD SAID BASE MEMBER; A PAIR OF ARMS SPACED ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID CONNECTOR AND EXTENDING FROM SAID OPPOSED SIDE MEMBERS BEYOND A CENTER PLANE DRAWN PERPENDICULAR TO SAID BASE MEMBER HALF-WAY BETWEEN SAID OPPOSED SIDE MEMBERS, WHEREBY SAID PAIR OF ARMS AND SAID PAIR OF GUIDE LANCES COOPERATE TO DEFINE A LONGITUDINAL CHANNEL FOR RECEIVING AND CRADLING SAID SPADE-TYPE CONTACT ELEMENT; AND AXIALLY OFFSET MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID BASE MEMBER FOR HOLDING SAID CONDUCTOR, SAID OFFSET MEANS BEING SPACED FROM THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID CHANNEL SO AS TO LEAVE SPACE FOR A SECOND CONNECTOR TO BE SLIPPED ONTO SAID PROTRUDING CONTACT ELEMENT.